Folding bed



Feb. 23 1926.

s. K. JOHNSTON FOLDING BED Filed April 30,

I I lifllll ll f Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES SYLVANUS K. JOHNSTON, OF BRADNER, BRITISH "COLUMBIA,CANADA.

FOLDING BED.

Application filed April 30, 1925. Serial ,No. 27,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVANUS K. JOHN- STON, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Bradner, in the Province of British Columbia,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingBeds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding camp bed especially adapted for autocampers use, as it is designed to be readily foldable into a small bulkso as to be conveniently stowed on or about the vehicle.

The features 1305 which attention is particularly directed are themanner of connecting the end and side rails to the posts and thearticulation of the side rails in a manner to fold into small spaceand'to facilitate attachment of the bed of fabric or the. like.

The invention is fully described in the following specification,reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan to an enlarged scale of the corner postconnections of the side rails and end rails.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same looking in the direction of thearrow 2 in Fig. 1., a portion being removed to show the attachment ofthe side rail.

Fig. 3 is a similar view in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 1,showing the connec tion of the end rail, the end of the rail being shownin full lines in the position of its introduction, and by dot and dashlines in the position. of connection.

Fig. 4 shows in side elevation the medial articulation of the siderails, and

Figs. 5 and 6 show to a smaller scale the articulated side rails asconnected to the corner posts, Fig. 5 showing in the position forattachment or disconnection of the bed, and Fig. 6 with the bedtightened as for use.

In these drawings 2 represents the tubu- 4.5 lar corner posts to each ofwhich a member 3 is secured in any convenient manner as by a rivet atthe desired height from the ground line.

This member 3 is preferably in. one piece of flat sheet metal bent toclosely fit on the posts 2 and the two ends 4 are brought together toreceive between them the end of .the side rail 10, and the ends aresecured by rivets 5 and 6, the upper one 5, as shown in Fig. 2, being ata greater distance from the post than the lower one 6.

At ninety degrees from the ends 4 the member is bent outward from thepost, as at 7 with a space between the fold adapted to take the end ofthe cross rail 11 and at the bend 7 portions are removed at 8 and 9 toreceive the downwardly hooked ends 12 of the end rail. I

Each end rail 11, which is preferably of light channel section, has theflanges removed adjacent the end and the end is notched", as shown inFig. 3, toform hook portions 12 to fit in the removed portions *3 and 9of the member 3.

The side rails 10 are also preferably of light channelsection and aremade in two lengths pin-connected together at 14, flat side to flatside, with a pin 15 secured to one to fit into a notch 16 in the other,that each side rail is free to angle upward but will be checked at thehorizontal position 'on the pin 15.

The ends of these articulated.- side rails 10 have their flanges removedwhere they pass between the ends 4 of the member 3, and are notched at13, as shown in Fig.

2, that they may be entered angularly on the pins 5 and 6, and beingbent downward will be retained on the pins.

Apertures are provided along the lower flange of each cross rail 11 toreceive the springs 17 of the bed support 18. This bed support 18 may beof fabric, in the ends of which is a light metal rod 19 on which theends of the springs 17 are mounted.

With this construction the side rails 10 will fold on the pins 14: intohalf their length, and the end rails and posts may be disconnected andthe detached frame may be wrapped within the fabric bed support 18 Whenrequired for use, the end rails 11 are connected by the,hooks 12 to thecorner posts 2, and the notches 13 of the side rails 10 are angularlyintroduced on the pins 5, (see Fig. 2), and moved down to the horizontalposition.

The lower ends of the posts 2 may then be moved together and the springs17 hooked on to the end rails 11, and this connection being on the loweredge of the rails, when the posts are straightened up to the verticalposition, the springs are tightened to tightly stretch the bed support.

Having now particularly described my invention, Ihereby declare thatwhat I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

A detachable bed-frame, comprising in combination, corner posts, siderails and end rails, each corner post having a member secured to itwhich is bent to encircle it, the ends of this encircling member bent toextend outward from the post and spaced apart to receive between them anend of a side rail, the spaced apart ends being secured together by tworivets to engage notches in the end of the side rail, the postencircling member having also a portion doubled out from the post toreceive an endof the end rails between the doubled portion and havingportions removed from the bend of the doubled portion to afiord accessof the engaging end rail thereto.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

SYLVANUS K. JOHNSTON.

